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Zachariah Downs 1730–1794 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1730

Birth Location: Greenville, Pitt, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 1794

Death Location: Burke, North Carolina, USA

Father: James Downs

Mother: Margaret Johnstone

Spouse(s): Frances Cue

Children(s): Zachariah JR.

Zachariah Downs was born in 1730 in Greenville, Pitt, North Carolina, USA, the child of James Downs And Margaret Johnstone. Zachariah Downs married Frances Fanny Cue, and had children including Zachariah Downs Jr. Zachariah Downs passed away in 1794 in Burke, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • Zachariah Downs was born in 1730 in Greenville, Pitt, North Carolina, USA, the child of James Downs And Margaret Johnstone.
  • Zachariah Downs married Frances Fanny Cue, and had children including Zachariah Downs Jr.
  • Zachariah Downs passed away in 1794 in Burke, North Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Downs
1690–
Birth Location: Midlothian, Scotland
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Margaret Johnstone
1698–
Birth Location: Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
MJ

Spouses(s)

Frances Cue
1720–1784
Birth Location: Lanark, Scotland
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Children(s)

Zachariah JR.
1760–1820
Birth Location: North Carolina
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Zachariah Downs's Ancestors

Self
Zachariah Downs
1730–1794
Birth Place: Greenville, Pitt, North Carolina, USA
Parents
James Downs
1690–
Midlothian, Scotland
Margaret Johnstone
1698–
Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
James Downs
1664–1743
West Lothian, Scotland
Nicolas Johnstone
1664–
Duns, Berwick, Scotland
Alexander Johnstone
1663–
Hadington, East Lothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Christopher Johnstone
1637–
Agnes Bell
1641–1714
George Johnstone
1638–
Isabell Wilsone
1640–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Halliday
1610–1702
Isabella McDowell
1607–1669

Zachariah Downs's Descendants

1.
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Zachariah Downs (1730–1794) m. Frances ("Fanny") Cue (1720–1784)
  1. 1. Zachariah (Downs) JR. 1760–1820 m. Jincey (Jane) Carswell 1777–1874
    1. 1. Elizabeth Downs 1800–1865 m. Reuben Norris 1802–1862
      1. 1. John (Byrd) Norris 1839–1863
        1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Norris 1860–1951 m. George (H Wilson) Sr. 1860–1936

Zachariah Downs's Timeline

2 Records

1730
1730
Birth of Zachariah Downs in Greenville, Pitt, North Carolina, USA
Greenville, Pitt, North Carolina, USA
1794
1794
Age 64
Death of Zachariah Downs in Burke, North Carolina, USA
Burke, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1730
    Event Place: Greenville, Pitt, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1794
    Event Place: Burke, North Carolina, USA
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